Garment hanger



June 27 1950 I c. G. A. RYDMAN GARMENT HANGER Filed July 9, 1946INVENTOR CARL G. A- RYaMn/Y AT TORNEY Patented June 27, 1950 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE Claims.

The invention relates to a garment hanger of the suit-supporting type.

Anobject of the invention is to provide a garment hanger with a chargeof vaporizable insecticide and/ or repellent within its structure forproviding its vapor for the protection of garments supported by it.

Another object is to provide a garment-hanging unit of the characterdescribed having a hook arranged for its supporting extension from thehanger body, or for folding against the body generally within theconfines thereof for providing a compact package when the hanger is notin use.

A more specific object is to provide a structure in which the mountingfor the hook provides a closure for the filler opening of acharge-receiving space of the hanger.

A further object is to provide a garment hanger for present purposeswhich is of particularly simple structure.

The invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some ofwhich, with the foregoing, will be set forth or be apparent in thefollowing description of a typical embodiment thereof, and in theaccompanying drawings, in which: r

Figure l is a side elevation of a garment hanger embodying the presentfeatures of the invention and arranged for use.

Figure 2 is a section taken in the plane of the hanger when the hookthereof is in folded positi'on.

Figures 3 and 4 are sectional views taken respectively on the lines 3-3and 44 in Figures land 2.

As particularly illustrated, the features of present invention aredisclosed in the structure of a garment hanger 6 comprising an arcuatebar portion! arranged for its supporting insertion in the shoulders ofan upper garment, and a support hook 8 mounted on the bar intermediatelythereof and extendable from the bar in its plane for engaging a supportmember such as a wall bracket or a clothes pole. The present bar 1comprises curved tubular members 9 connected in a common plane by atubular member H having at least the central portion thereof straightand of uniform circular cross-section. Preferably, and as shown, theopposed end portions 9' of the bar members 9 are belled out to fittedlyand telescopically receive the ends of the member H, the diameter of thelatter member being substantially that of the unexpanded portions of theformer members, and the opposed inner ends of the portions 9 beingmutually spaced to define the ends of an annular groove about thecentral portion of the member H.

The present bar members 9 are closed at their outer ends, and have saidends connected by a rod i2 extending as a chord with respect to the barassembly 9 -li--9, the rod being arranged to provide a support for pantsand other garments to be draped thereover, while bracing the assembly asa chord for the bar arc. In the present structure, plugs I3 thereinclose the outer ends of the bar members 9, whereby the membets 9 maycomprise curved sections of tubing. The end portions of the rod l2 areengaged through holes at the inner sides of the members 9 and extendinto aligned sockets 14 provided in the plugs I3. The present hangerbody structure, which comprises the sectional support bar 1 and the rodI2, i arranged to have the rod l2 installed as the ends of its member IIare engaged in the inner ends of the members 9, and the final assemblyis held together by screws I5 extending through the members 9 and II.

It will now be noted that the annular groove bounded by the outside ofthe member II and the mutually opposed ends of the members 9 fittedlyand rotatably mounts a sleeve [8 having the support hook 8 extendingradially therefrom midway of its length; the tubular member !6 comprisesthe immediate support member for the bar I and is mounted intermediatelyon the bar member ll before the present hanger body is assembled. In thepresent structure, the hook 8 comprises a C-loop portion and a shankportion having its inner end in swiveled engagement with the sleevemember; as particularly shown, the inner end portion of the hook shankextends through a'frusto-conical member I! fixed to the member I6 andprovided with a stepped bore having its portion of greatest diameternearest the member 16 and receiving a complementarily enlarged terminalportion of the hook shank to provide a 'swiveled mounting of the hookwith respect to the sleeve member I6. Noting that the hook and hangerbody assemblies are, in effect, swiveled together, it will be understoodthat the hook may be optionally extended beyond the arc of the barf! inthe plane of said are or be disposed inwardly of said are in lateralengagement with the rod I2 to provide a convenient folded condition forthe hanger assembly, this feature being of value in the packaging and/ortransportation of the hangers.

Aside from the folding and unfolding of the hanger permitted by theswivel connection of the hook and bar assemblies, the specificconnection is utilized to efiect an opening or closing of a chargingopening for the bar cavity l8, said opening being provided in the barmember ll opposite the sleeve member [6. As particularly illustrated, acharging opening I9 is provided in the member ll centrally of its lengthand at its side which is uppermost when the hanger is unfolded for itsuse, and the sleeve member I6 is provided with an opening 2| which isarranged to register with the opening l9 when the hanger structure isfolded (Figs. 2 and 4) and to register with an imperforate portion ofthe member H when the hook is extended (Figs. 1 and 3).

It will now be noted that the parts of the bar members 9 between theirportions v9' :and the plugs I 3 are perforated in a suitable patternwhereby the hollow bar structure is foraminous thereat to permit theescape of vapors from.

charging elements 22 which have been inserted in the cavity 48 throughthe opening 19. Said charging elements 22 may comprise moth balls orother solid bodies of material which emit vapors having insecticidaland/or repellant effects on moths and other insects which injuregarments, the precise material and form of the charges being generallyimmaterial to the present rechargeable structure.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and use of thepresent garment hanger will be readily understood by those skilled inthe art to which this invention appertains. While I have described thefeatures of a garment hanger which I now consider to comprise apreferred embodiment of my invention, I desire .to have it understoodthat the showing is primarily illustrative and that such changes anddevelopment may be made, when desired, as fall within the scope of thefollowing claims.

Iclaim:

1. Agarment hanger comprising an elongated hollow garment-engagingmember adapted to :receive'a charge of vapori-zable material in itscavity, a sleeve rotatably receiving the central portion of said memberfor a-solely rotative rela tive adjustment of the portion and member,and a hanger support means provided on 'the sleeve, said member,andsleeve being provided with mutually zegisterable charging openings:for their non-registering relation when the support means is operativeand for theiralternate registered .relation .to provide for a chargingof the member therethrougl, said openings being respectively disposed atthe top and bottom of the member and sleeve when the hanger is in use,and the sides of the member being ioraminous except at the sleeve.

2. In a garment hanger, a support member comprising tubular end portionsconnected by an intermediate tubular portion telescopically engaged inand fixed to the mutually spaced inner ends of the first portions, and asleeve member rotatably journaling the intermediate portion between theopposed ends of the end portions against relative .axial movement of themember and sleeve, said intermediate portion and sleeve member beingprovided with mutually registerable charging openings to be mutuallyregistered in one rotatively adjusted relation of the intermediateportion and sleeve to provide for the placing of a charge of material inthe space of the portions and are arranged to be out of registration inanother rotatively adjusted relation of the portion and sleeve.

3. In a garment hanger, a garment-engaging support member comprisingtubular end portions connected by an intermediate tubular portiontelescopically engaged in and fixed .to the mutually spaced inner endsof the first portions, and a sleeve member rotatably journaling theintermediate portion between the opposed ends of the end portionsagainst axial shifting with respect theret and providing a support meansfor the hanger, said intermediate portion and sleeve member beingprovided with mutually registerable charging openings to be mutuallyregistered in one rotatively adjusted relation of the intermediateportion and sleeve to provide for theplacing .of a charge of material inthe space of the portion and to be out of registration in anotherrotatively adjusted relation of the portion and sleeve when the supportmeans is operative with respect to the hanger.

4. A garment hanger comprising an elongated hollow foraminatedgarment-engaging member for receiving a charge of vaporizable materialand having an exteriorly cylindrical central portion, and .a supportmember providing a bore rotatably receiving said central portion of thegarment-engaging member .for a relative rotative adjustment of themembers about the axis of said bore between supporting andnon-supporting relations of the support member to the garmentengagingmember, said members being provided with mutually registerablecharging'openings directed radially of said axis for mutual registrationwhen the support member is in non-supporting relation to thegarment-engaging member and for a non-registering relation when .thesupport member is rotatively adjusted about the central portion of thegarment-engaging member into supporting relation to the member.

.5. Ina garment hanger, an elongated hollow garment-engaging member forreceiving a'charge of vaporizable material and having an exteriorlycylindrical central portion provided with a radial charging opening andhaving its remaining por- 50 tions foraminated, and a support memberpro-.

vided with a bore rotatively receiving solely said central-portion ofthe garment-engaging member for a relative solely rotative adjustment ofthe membersabout the-axis of said bore and provided 55 with a radialcharging opening extending from its said bore for selective disposal inregistering or non-registering relation with respect to the chargingopening of the first member solely by reason f relative rotativeadjustments of the ,60 members.

CARL G. A. RYDMAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 884,616 Schlang Apr. 14, 19081,599,305 Wagner Sept. 7, 1926

